diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio.c b/hw/virtio/virtio.c
index f292a53940a2dff4c468ec2eb18e0e85f92ec77b..63657066e7233cb9386aa9a463a60c00e99ea040 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio.c
@@ -1383,7 +1383,7 @@ static void virtio_set_isr(VirtIODevice *vdev, int value)
     }
 }
 
-bool virtio_should_notify(VirtIODevice *vdev, VirtQueue *vq)
+static bool virtio_should_notify(VirtIODevice *vdev, VirtQueue *vq)
 {
     uint16_t old, new;
     bool v;
diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/virtio.h b/include/hw/virtio/virtio.h
index 6523bacd2f6ff30c644f0e131c87b32302b6e92e..525da242225096e2ba792a390f9b6a586fc619f2 100644
--- a/include/hw/virtio/virtio.h
+++ b/include/hw/virtio/virtio.h
@@ -182,7 +182,6 @@ void virtqueue_get_avail_bytes(VirtQueue *vq, unsigned int *in_bytes,
                                unsigned int *out_bytes,
                                unsigned max_in_bytes, unsigned max_out_bytes);
 
-bool virtio_should_notify(VirtIODevice *vdev, VirtQueue *vq);
 void virtio_notify_irqfd(VirtIODevice *vdev, VirtQueue *vq);
 void virtio_notify(VirtIODevice *vdev, VirtQueue *vq);